Annotation:Fox in the Dumps (The)
X:1 T:Fox in the Dumps, The M:C L:1/8 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773) Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007 Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F cB|Ac f4 ed|ef g4 fe|fg a2 bgaf|eg c4 cB| Ac f4 ed|ef g4 b2|afge fd cd/e/|f2 (F2F2):| |:c2|fcAc FAcf|gfed cegb|afcA FAfa|gfed c2 Tc2| dB TB2 bg Tg2|afed c2 Tc2|dBcA BGAB|A2 (F2 F4):||
FOX IN THE DUMPS, THE. AKA and see "Cooper's Hornpipe," "Exciseman's Hornpipe (The)," "Lancaster Hornpipe (1)," "Maiden Hornpipe," "Smith's Hornpipe (8)," "Swan's Hornpipe." English, Reel or Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears [1] in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom unfortunately little is known. Vickers gives the alternate title "Exciseman's Hornpipe (The)." "Fox in the Dumps", like numerous other tunes from the Thompson's 1773 collection, was entered into the 1788 music copybook of fiddlers Johan and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). A version was also entered into the c. 1850 music manuscript copybook of Lake District musician William Irwin (No. 106).
